Health Care Guidelines
When adolescents with DS are seen for routine health care visits, the following should be included in the visit in addition to the recommended routine adolescent health care (AAP Committee on Practice and Ambulatory Medicine, 2000; Elster and Kuznets, 1994). Record sheets are available for use in practice (Figure).
Down Syndrome Health Care Guidelines (1999 Revision) Record Sheet, Sheet No. 2: 13 Years to Adulthood (Reprinted with permission from Down Syndrome Quarterly, Volume 4, Number 3, September, 1999) ©Down Syndrome Quarterly, 1999. Record sheets for Down syndrome health care are available at: www.denison.edu/collaboration/dsq/recordsheet.html.
J Pediatr Health Care. 2006;20(3):198-205. © 2006 Mosby, Inc.
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